COIMBATORE: Mahalingapuram Police in Pollachi arrested a three-member gang that decamped with 136 sovereigns of gold jewels and 3 lakh cash from a locked house two weeks ago.
The arrested were identified as S Vairamani (24), M Manishankar (32), and J Karthik (37), all from Madurai. Police zeroed in on the suspects by pursuing footage of vehicles recorded in at least 250 CCTV cameras from Coimbatore up to Madurai.
According to police, Karthick (40) a dentist living on Palladam Road, went on a vacation with his family to Kerala on January 12. On January 14, he received information that his house had been broken into and came back to find 136 sovereigns of gold jewels and Rs 3 lakh cash missing. Based on instructions from SP K Karthikeyan, Mahalingapuram police formed three special teams and began an investigation.
